Algebra with kids ages 4 to 6: cognitive psychology research

Join the open, free online event in the Math Future series. Meet Dr. Melissa Kibbe to learn the latest research on early algebra: how children ages 4-6 can use their Approximate Number Sense to "solve for x". Listen to a short presentation, chat with like-minded people in the audience, and ask Dr. Kibbe questions.

You can pose questions and comments to Melissa before the event. To do so, scroll to the end of this description and click "Add comment."

About Dr. Melissa Kibbe

Dr. Melissa M. Kibbe is assistant professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. She received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Rutgers University in 2011, after which she completed
postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kibbe's research focuses on how infants, children, and adults represent information about objects (e.g. perceptual features, animacy, group statistics, numerosity, verbal labels). She also studies how infants' and children's early understanding of objects and numbers impacts how they learn formal systems, such as mathematics and physics, later in life.

About Math Future series

Math Future is an international network of people who care about mathematics education: researchers, developers, teachers, parents, and students. Since 2009, we have organized
more than a hundred live online events with leaders of amazing projects.